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So instead of American or European spyware, you instead use Russian spyware :)
Living in America, I'd rather give my data to Russia or China, if I lived in one of those countries, it would be the other way around. The US and Europe have more leverage over my life, so I'd rather give them less about myself.
One downside is that if a western country ends up capturing someone or something important (like France arresting the Telegram CEO), then they might use them as leverage to attain the data on the service. So best case is nobody collects the data.
I'll give you that, what you're saying makes sense, but in an ideal world, we don't have to give our data to any government.. only in our dreams though..
Yeah, it's unhinged across the board, for sure. I'm doing what I can to own my data and control as much of it as possible, but it is a full time chore if I also want to have a life in this time and age.
On the brighter side, that has led to me spending more time with family and friends in person, outside (hoping not to be recorded 🤣).